Water, like many other resources, is harvested, transported and used throughout all aspects of society. Unlike other resources, water is critical to the survival of all forms of life. The underlying question that sits at the core of my exploration is to what degree can we shape water before it begins to shape us.
Edward Burtynsky
Related We all have a responsibility to be good stewards of our natural resources. Conserving our soil and w... DOYLE CHILDERS The onus is on us to demonstrate (there is enough water) to the Department of Water Resources. DON ALLISON If you look at a stream or river and close your eyes it will be amazing the flow of ideas that will ... GARY F EVANS... Pollution is a serious one. Water pollution, air pollution, and then solid hazardous waste pollution... MA JUN Each of us views life through a different lens. What we think is colored by the baggage we carry, an... LAURIE BUCHANAN, PHD We all are wearing many hundred glasses of different colors. Therefore, everyone sees the world in d... MUDITHA CHAMPIKA Human nature is like water. It takes the shape of its container. WALLACE STEVENS I will become the leader in all aspects of this dog's life. I will control his resources [food and w... GRAHAM BLOEM In an age when man has forgotten his origins and is blind even to his most essential needs for survi... RACHEL CARSON We all are wearing many hundred glasses of different colors. So, everyone see the world in different... MUDITHA CHAMPIKA The unfortunate thing is that, sometimes, we slip, but, fortunately, consciously or unconsciously, w... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Water is unquestionably one of the most important natural resources and is essential for sustaining ... CULLIGAN INDUSTRIAL WATER This project is a step in the joint exploration of water resources and RUSAL is investing more than ... VIKTOR KHRISTENKO Empathy is the new measurement of everything. It doesn't matter what religion you have, what God you... C. JOYBELL C. How should I know?" said Alice, surprised at her own courage. "It's no business of mine." The Q... LEWIS CARROLL So someday, it is possible that our water resources may be controlled by Singapore or other countrie... CHARLES SANTIAGO Water is commonly regarded as the 'solvent of life,' since our bodies are 70% water. All oth... PETER AGRE What is the Other?" they ask. The Other is the one who taught me whatI should be like, but not ... PAULO COELHO At the moment, we are satisfied that they're all in good shape. Our concern is that additional water... BRUCE CHENEY Water is our most precious resource, but we waste it, just as we waste other resources, including oi... DAVID SUZUKI Only the strong will remain, all the weak will be consumed by fire BANGAMBIKI HABYARIMANA It is not the strongest or the most intelligent who will survive but those who can best manage chang... LEON C. MEGGINSON I don't know if I have a favorite color. KATE MIDDLETON It's very special having a new little girl. KATE MIDDLETON We're doing what we can with the resources we have. We're not in bad shape at all. JEFF HUNT If there is no food, there is no water, there is no basic life-providing resources, as an officer yo... JOSEPH ESTEY We just have to be ready to have a plan B in place, whether that means calling in additional water r... CAPT. MICHAEL PRUITT How does water move, and when it moves, what happens? How does land shape water flow and how does wa... CHAR MILLER When resources are degraded, we start competing for them, whether it is at the local level in Kenya,... WANGARI MAATHAI It is clear that North Dakota, and the Red River Valley, desperately need a supplemental source of w... DALE FRINK Water is not only a human and indigenous right, it is a sacred and powerful being. Our delegation is... ENEI BEGAYE Our core attention is to bring prosperity in the life of common man, and all-out resources have been... SHEHBAZ SHARIF The other reason to secure the heater is that you have 55 gallons of fresh water you can drink in th... ERIC EVANS May I never neither turn left nor turn right in my journey of life, but may I go straight to Christ ... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH In the journey of life, certain paths may seem to be leading nowhere because of a mountain or hill o... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Unlike other forms of psychological disorders, the core issue in trauma is reality. BESSEL A. VAN DER KOLK Science is great for us. But for someone who sees the humans for more than one million years, scienc... MUDITHA CHAMPIKA For many of us, clean water is so plentiful and readily available that we rarely, if ever, pause to ... MARCUS SAMUELSSON President Obama has expressed his commitment to responsible stewardship of our land, water, and othe... TOM VILSACK The secret of my success is my hairspray. RICHARD GERE Love is blind, and a deaf-mute too. PATRICK ROTHFUSS The first map is topographic data. The green is the golf course. In addition, we identified the wate... DANIEL STONE These are moments of love and ecstasy. Deeply moving moments when we will fly! Fly together in the a... AVIJEET DAS The weak die out and the strong will survive, and will live on forever ANNE FRANK There was something in her eyes! Her eyes were expressive and from the first day that they met, they... AVIJEET DAS Survivors aren't always the strongest; sometimes they're the smartest, but more often simply the luc... CARRIE RYAN The love you get, is equal to the love you give. BEN OAK If a fish is the movement of water embodied, given shape, then cat is a diagram and pattern of subtl... DORIS LESSING If a fish is the movement of water embodied, given shape, then cat is a diagram and pattern of suble... DORIS LESSING Until the water is pumped out and until we can test the sludge and everything, we really don't know ... JEAN KELLY To water i give this dedication as one of the main elements it is thee element of life .Where water ... GARY F EVANS... The Biggest Threat to our Democracy, Freedoms and Future is Leadership that fosters and Appeases the... MICHAEL HARRIS The dam was being built within the water resources policy of Pakistan. Jammu and Kashmir is a disput... TASNEEM AHMED Water is one of the basic needs of survival of mankind and water can destroy it, too. That is the po... VIKAS KHANNA Society is like a large piece of frozen water; and skating well is the great art of social life. LETITIA ELIZABETH LANDON Society is like a large piece of frozen water; and skating well
is the great art of social life. CHARLES LAMB (USED PSEUDONYM ELIA) If they had resources, they would not be killing each other over grazing ground and water. WANGARI MAATHAI Destiny is the prison and chain of the ignorant. Understand that destiny like the water of the Nile:... MUHAMMAD IQBAL All I ever did to that apartment was hang fifty yards of yellow theatrical silk across the bedroom w... JOAN DIDION We can never make proper goodbyes. It was your last ride in a Checker cab and you had no warning. It... COLSON WHITEHEAD The Upholder of the Cycles which supports the whole of Life, is water. In every drop of water dwells... VIKTOR SCHAUBERGER It seems a simple task. We all know what water looks like, feels like in our mouth. Water is ubiquit... BRANDON SANDERSON All they do is monitor water issues. They're not interested in all of the other scenarios out there. LARRY MIRES Clay in the hands of a good potter suffers so many good turns, but in the end, we see its real and t... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Beauty fades, but knowledge is eternal ANDREW FAIRCHILD To be thirsty and to drink water is the perfection of sensuality rarely achieved. Sometimes you drin... JOSE BERGAMIN The fear of God is the only cure for the fear of people. CRAIG GROESCHEL In many areas, particularly in Asia, we have plenty of water, but we don?t have plenty of good water... DR SELINA WARD An Error is like Salt and A 'Sincere' Apology is like Water and a ''Repeated Same Error'' is like a ... ANUROOP TYAGI In addition, the oil royalties the Federal Government does not collect from big oil will starve the ... RON KIND The route of the wall matches that of water resources, the latter being conveniently located on the ... ELISABETH SIME Be kind. We never know what people are going through. Give grace and mercy because one day your circ... GERMANY KENT I cry as the laughter inside me drowns and descends into the water with the ghosts... A.P. SWEET Meat production is one of the leading causes of climate change because of the destruction of the rai... JANE VELEZ-MITCHELL I live my life progressing for nothing else but the best. JONATHAN ANTHONY BURKETT Water is the softest of all things, yet it is the most powerful. The ocean patiently allows all thin... WAYNE DYER Society is like a large piece of frozen water; and skating well is the great art o social life. LETITIA LANDON If we are ever to halt climate change and conserve land, water and other resources, not to mention r... INGRID NEWKIRK When sorrow knocks at your door, tell it you're busy finding happiness. SARU SINGHAL The physics of water is central to cooking, because food is mostly water. All steak that you cook is... NATHAN MYHRVOLD We are puzzle pieces, bragging about being puzzle pieces, rather than being the picture. TOM ALTHOUSE We are like oil and water, but all my other relationships are like oil and vinegar! Delicious! , ANIMAL CROSSING: WILD WORLD, 2005 Being present is being connected to All Things. S. KELLEY HARRELL, M. DIV. Well, all life forms are dependent upon water. PETER AGRE There was no such thing as a fair fight. All vulnerabilities must be exploited. CARY CAFFREY Sierra water is critical to the health and spirit of Northern Nevada and California. KATE WINSTON He was a killer, a thing that preyed, living on the things that lived, unaided, alone, by virtue of ... JACK LONDON Survival of the fittest" in the commonly used animal sense is not a theory or principle for a "time-... ALFRED KORZYBSKI ST has long been a supporter of, and participant in international programs aimed at reducing greenho... GEORGES AUGUSTE I always have water, tons of water. It's even in my bathroom because I used to be so bad at drin... SELENA GOMEZ People get bent out of shape about the fact that when I was a kid, you could not drink out of certai... CLARENCE THOMAS Something ancient in us bends us toward the origins of the whole thing. We either drown in the split... MICHAEL MEADE Tell your story to the universe and Let your actions speak LOVE.' No matter what it is. NAPZ CHERUB PELLAZO Texas law requires that the water plans protect the state's agricultural, natural and water resource... JANICE BEZANSON Fishing is awesome. It has pulled off all that water and has concentrated the fish in a smaller amou... DAVE TERRE If everyone had one of these, it would reduce the amount of water that the whole society uses. And i... MARILYN BAKER Drop of good water and hope of good life can change your life 360 degree. RAJESH WALECHA The message is that it is the water of life. FRANK WARNER There is no question that clean, affordable drinking water is essential to the health of our global ... EMILY ARNOLD Life is not a game. Still, in this life, we choose the games we live to play. J.R. RIM
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She sparkled, was exhal'd, and went to heaven. EDWARD YOUNG Woes cluster; rare are solitary woes;
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And gibbets keep the lifted hand in awe;
To murder thousa... EDWARD YOUNG Think nought a trifle, though it small appear;
Small sands the mountain, moments make the year,
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Or to her virtues be a friend,
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